Fine mid-'70s sextet set
featuring Earland's customary soul-jazz, blues, and funk, with uptempo and
ballad originals. Tenor saxophonists David Schnitter and George Coleman excel,
as does guitarist Jimmy Ponder. ~ by Ron Wynn, AMG.
Killer work by Charles
Earland – a back to basics set of grooving tunes that are cut in the best soul
jazz mode of earlier years! Earland heads a great group that includes Jimmy
Ponder on guitar, George Coleman on tenor, and Walter Perkins on drums – and
the set swings high, wide, and mightily with that tight groove that Charles
always has on these straight soul jazz sets. With a very hot version of "Milestones",
plus "Penn Relays", "Soon It's Gonna Rain", and an
excellent uptempo take on "Strangers In The Night". © Dusty
Groove, Inc.
Muse Records, MR 5126, 1977
Recorded at Van Gelder
Recording Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Musicians:
Charles Earland - Organ
[Hammond B-3]
Dave Schnitter - Tenor
Saxophone
George Coleman - Tenor
Saxophone
Jimmy Ponder - Guitar
Bobby Durham - Drums
(#A1,A2), Keyboards (#A2)
Walter Perkins - Drums
(#A3,B1,B2)
Herb Fisher - Percussion
Tracks:
A1. Penn Relays {Charles
Earland} (5:48)
A2. Danny Boy's Blues {Dave
Paul} (3:53)
A3. Milestones #2 {Miles
Davis} (8:25)
B1. Soon It's Gonna Rain {Tom
Jones, Harvey Schmidt} (9:38)
B2. Strangers In The Night
{Bert Kaempfert} (4:58)
Credits:
Producer - Ozzie Cadena
Recording Engineer - Rudy van
Gelder
Design [Cover], Photography -
Hal Wilson
Liner Notes - Frederick I Douglass